John Lilic

Crypto-Economic Builder, Seed Investor and Product Advisor

📍 Zug, Zug, Switzerland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 16 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Operator-angel🌍 Switzerland
16
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8
Early stage
1
Mid stage
1
Late stage
12y
Years active

Portfolio

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Shareholder and Advisory Board Member
Jul 2025
Hilbert Group is a hedge fund specializing in algorithmic trading of digital assets.
Pre-Seed Investor and Board Member
Oct 2024
Exploring the wild frontier of quantum cryptography.
Pre-seed Investor and Board Member
Sep 2024
Global Trade Treasury platform
Pre-Seed Investor and Advisor
Jul 2024
LYS Labs is building cutting-edge technology to solve the most complex data challenges in Web3.
Lead Investor and Board Member
Feb 2024
#1 Token Distribution Platform on Solana - Token Vesting, Automated Payroll, Token Management & Multisig Wallet Solutions
Seed Investor and Advisor
Aug 2023
The most reliable, secure, and frictionless way to natively issue a digital asset in Cosmos.
Pre-Seed Investor and Advisor
Jun 2023
Pronoe is a CO2 removal company. We restore the ocean’s natural ability to capture and permanently store CO2 from the air, in a sustainable, scalable and asset-light manner. In practice, we design and deploy automated water treatment systems that seamlessly integrate downstream of the operations of coastal industrial sites. As a result, Pronoe’s activities generate high-quality CO2 removal certificates to customers, valorize otherwise wasted effluents, and locally mitigate ocean acidification. To the benefit of the climate, coastal communities and ecosystems, worldwide.
Seed investor, board member & strategic advisor
Apr 2023
The all-in-one banking solution for your crypto business. Dedicated business accounts for USD, EUR, and GBP supporting SWIFT, SEPA Instant, and FPS. Hundreds of crypto pairs available with deep liquidity, directly from the fiat accounts. Tailored structured loans for hundreds of tokens with flexible terms, dynamic collateral and competitive fees.
Seed Investor and Advisor
Mar 2023
Pangea provides analytics, AI studio and resource network for on-chain insights. Pangea Studio is the no-code platform for teams to ask questions of their on-chain data. Pangea Network is the orchestration layer that powers Pangea Studio. Use it to access RPC and query the Data Lake. Run by our validator network to leverage the benefits of decentralised infrastructure.
Seed Investor and Product Advisor
Sep 2022
Gepek- first carpooling for packages platform based on blockchain!
Seed investor, advisor and board member
Jun 2022
SBP mission is to lead the sustainable Bitcoin revolution. We are unlocking Bitcoin’s unique potential to become the most transparent and sustainable asset, by creating a new environmental commodity derived from verified clean energy mining. ⚡ Enables investors to hold verifiably sustainable BTC through the introduction of a new environmental commodity derived from clean energy bitcoin mining, called the Sustainable Bitcoin Certificate (SBC). ⚡ SBC are paired with BTC 1 for 1 by investors. ⚡ SBC financially incentivizes Bitcoin miners to use verified clean energy sources. ⚡ Allows Bitcoin to become fully sustainable with transparent clean energy use without disrupting the fungibility of BTC.
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Pre-Seed investor and Board Member
Jun 2022
We create a better, more engaging music experience by aligning incentives between artists and fans. Our platform is built upon our unique fan-centric royalty model which ensures artists are paid fairly and transparently.
Seed Investor and Advisor
Jun 2021
Morpho is the most trusted onchain lending network with $10B+ in deposits. Businesses can connect to Morphos open infrastructure to power any lending or borrowing use case at scale, including embedded crypto-backed loans and custom yield solutions.
Investor and Product Development Advisor
Dec 2019
Polygon Labs is a global blockchain payments company building and operating infrastructure to move money instantly, reliably, and at internet scale, with the mission to move all money onchain. We are building the Polygon Open Money Stack, an open and integrated stack of services and technologies to instantly and reliably move money anywhere, and put it to work. Our infrastructure has facilitated trillions of dollars in onchain value transfer and supported millions of transactions daily for some of the globes largest banks, fintechs, enterprises, and consumer applications.
Co-Founder and Board Member
Nov 2014
Code to Inspire is a nonprofit committed to educating Afghan female students by improving their technical literacy and teaching them how to code so that they can find future employment as freelancers. Ideally, Code to Inspire will serve as a launching pad for Afghan females to get involved in entrepreneurship and technological innovation. Our Goals: • Decrease the gender gap in computer science fields in Afghanistan. • Educating and empowering Afghan female students (Age 15-25) through technology. • Achieve social, economic and educational equity. • Raise awareness among female students on using digital currencies like Bitcoin to overcome financial barriers. • Create job opportunities for females to be hired as freelancers online. • Encourage our students to be entrepreneurs and elevate entrepreneurship among women in Afghanistan.
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2025
Shareholder and Advisory Board Member
Jul 2025
Hilbert Group is a hedge fund specializing in algorithmic trading of digital assets.
2024
Pre-Seed Investor and Board Member
Oct 2024
Exploring the wild frontier of quantum cryptography.
Pre-seed Investor and Board Member
Sep 2024
Global Trade Treasury platform
Co-Founder
Jul 2024
Telos X is our proprietary centralized exchange, positioning Telos as the first Layer 1 blockchain to launch its own exchange in collaboration with its community. Drawing inspiration from successful models like Binance and BNB, Telos X integrates seamlessly with our network, enhancing the utility of TLOS through diverse trading pairs, a user-friendly interface, and robust liquidity. Telos X benefits from enhanced security and liquidity, addressing common challenges faced by new exchanges. Telos X provides a dynamic marketplace, an engaging trading platform, and broadens community connectivity.
Pre-Seed Investor and Advisor
Jul 2024
LYS Labs is building cutting-edge technology to solve the most complex data challenges in Web3.
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